QuickGene Beta 0.5 Adds Easy Navigation to Vector Maps

A great deal of work went into the step to QuickGene's update to 0.5, including a complete overhaul of the way in which maps are displayed. Users might recognize the navigation methods from regular map services such as Google Maps, in which smooth scrolling and zooming with intuitive mouse controls were a refreshing innovation. We've adopted this natural feeling navigation method for use in genetic maps, making QuickGene's map controls the most intuitive in existence!

Standard functions such as printing, saving images, toggling the display different elements and many other enhancements have also been added to the map view. This view replaces the previously available linear and circular views, further enhancing the clean, straight-forward interface QuickGene aims for.

One of the most popular requests we receive is the ability to choose which buffers to display, when more than one is available. As always, your wish is our command! Users may now also specify their preferred enzyme supplier in the Enzyme Manager, which will then always display those buffers when available for any given restriction enzyme. This includes the buffers displayed anywhere the Enzyme Manager as well as in tool-tips shown when hovering the mouse over restriction sites in a sequence or map.

Full support for saving files to the GenBank format has also been completed, allowing for extended interaction between QuickGene and any other software tools you use. Furthermore, QuickGene can now open even more file-types and even attempts to recognize sequences in files it doesn't recognize!

We hope you enjoy all the improvements and feel free to give us your opinion.

The full list of changes is as follows:

New features

Sequence maps have been completely rebuilt and now include:

More intuitive navigation using mouse controls

New navigation controls and a mini-map

Ability to print maps and to save maps as image files

Merged linear and circular maps into a single view

Added view options to select topology and visibility of features, enzymes and rulers